The Penn's Grove record., 1887-11-19
NEWS OF THE EEK.

State will be q, $50. The Legislature
will stand: Senate, "a Republicans. 10
Democrats. and 2 doubtful. The
House, 81 Republicans, 43 Democrats,
aud 4 doubtful.
The latest returns from Iowa indicate
a plurality of 1850 for Larrabee, Re-
publican, for Governor.
The majority against Prohibition in
Oregon is now estimated at between
1000 and 5000.
The official returns from all sections
of Maryland give Jackson, Democrat.
for Governor, 9561 plurality, against a
Democratic plurality of over 10000 z
years ago. The Legislature will be
composed Of % Democrats and 4 Re-
publicans IN the Senate and II Demo-
Gratis and 20 Republicans in the House
of Delegates, "a Republican gain on joint
ballot of 10.
Charles Ritenmeyer, a notorious
burglar, escaped from the county jail
at Wilkesbarre on the afternoon of the
10th, through a gate temporary left
open by a hostler. He robbed a par
n and a church about six months
ago.
The Anarchists Parsons, Fischer,
Engel and Spies were hanged In the
chicago Jail a few minutes before IL
O'Clock on the 18th. While on the
scaffold. and Just as the rope was
being placed about his neck, Engel
laughed outright at a joke cracked by
IL young physician. The last sounds
uttered by Fischer and Engel were
cheers for Anarchy. The jail was
guarded by three hundred heavily
armed policemen; a regiment of State
militia was quartered at its armo1y,
and several companies OF regulars were
available in an emergency. The city
Was quiet, and there were no attempts
at rescue or interference. On the
afternoon of the 18th Charles Lober-
s'ein and Gustav Hams were arrested
on the frodt platform of a street Car,
III Chicago They wNEe taking lii a
loud and threatening manner of what
they were going to do 'to get even for
the death of their friends and the
friends of the labOring men," About
the same time two bombs, reported to
be heavily charged, were found In an
omnibus.
Mrs. MCPHERSON, 80 years of age.
was buying some articles In a store In
New York OF the morning of the 18th,
when she fell fainting to the floor. She
was carried to a WAITING room, when
it was found that her Ia, id was COW
cred with blood. On removing her
bonnet it was ascertained that in fall
ing the hat PIN had been forced through
her skull into the brain, INJECTING fatal
injury.
by an explosion g s-s-damp in the
Blythe Mines, at RoDlns' Station, ear
Pittsburg, on the 18th, William Welsh,
mine boss, and David Thompson, a
miner, we're Killed. The mines had
beer idle for some time. and the men
went In to inspect them. preparatory to
a resumption Of operations on the 18th.
-Ine Inird Avenue railroad Com
pany, of New York, has m~ortgaged its
plant and franchise to the Farmers
Loan and Trust Company for $780,
COO. The mortgage is executed to
secure the five per cent. ffty-year $1,000
gold bonds.
EARLY on the morning vi the 18th.
the Sunday Sayings office, the Pacific
Laundry and the Western News Com
paDy's plant, in st. Louis, were burned, |
causing a loss of $50, 000. The people |
we're said to be greatly excited, as two |
dynamite bombs were found in the
southern part of the city. and fires |
from all quarters called the fire depart |
ment out rs times during the night. |
Anarchists are thought to have been /
the cause CT the fires. Several arrests
have been made on suspicion. A tele-
gram from st. Louis, received late on
the evening of the 18th, says: Twenty /
aIu aIarpno anIin. tba la,nrtr,onN -
twenty-slx fires in differeLt parts OF the
city in fifteen hours, at a period of ex-
citement such as last night, causes con-
siderable uneasiness among the citizens
of st. Louis, and many affect to be-
lieve that there has been an organized
ATTEMPT to burn the CITY.
Barbara Handle, aged tn years, wa
found murdered a her home at
UDionville, Gloucester county, New |
Jersey, on the 18th. Her head was |
crushed, and gunshot wounds were ]
discovered In the breast. George |
Durham, her sol-in-law, has been /,
committed to PRISON on suspicion of
being the murderer.
Harry E. Moss, manufacturer Of
clothing in New York, made al assign
ment on the 18th without preferences.
His liabilities are said to be S125, 900.
1t is said the failure is due to the de-
.falcation of "a clerk to the amount of
$50, 000. The clerk has disappeared.
William NJ. Locke, a retired ban
ker, of Des Moines, Iowa, committed
suicide on the evening OF the 18th by
shooting himself. !
j. d. Stevens, who has been doing
an extensive grocery business in
Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, for a num-
Der of years in his wife's name, lit is
said, sold out recently, leaving many
debts unpaid. de was arrested on
the evening of the 18th on the charge
of aiding and abetting his wife to
defraud her creditors. A warrant has
been issued for the arrest of Mrs.
Stevens on a similar charge. George
Harwood Carpenter. president and
treasurer of the .Bfookside Knitting
Company. of New York city, is re-
ported to have disappeared, leaving
many debts unpaid: . On Friday, Sep
tember 18th, the vault or the Union
National Bank of Duluth was robbed
of several packages OF money, con-
tanning IN all S24, 500. A young clerk
of the bank named Bickell, who had
resigned, was arrested in Chicago on
the 18th by a Pinkerton's detective,
and in his valise was found all the
money, except $3.50. He made a full
confession of the theft.
An engine and eight cars on the
Ohio Southern Railroad on the morn
ing of the 18th broke through a bridge
near Greenfield station, and were
wrecked en- the rocks thirty feet below.
The fireman, Jacob Hill, was fatally
injured and died in a few hours.
The ~13-year-old son of Prof. q. p.
Phelps was killed by a train while
crossing the tracks at Hancock's cross
ing, near Dalton, Georgia
There were three new cases Of yell
low fever and one death in
FLORIDA, on the 18Th. The
thirty-ive cases under TIRE